"A fictionalized account of the life of poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib during the reign of the last Mughal Emperor, told through the lens of his ill-fated love for a beautiful courtesan he called Chaudhvin."
Bharat Bhushan
as Mirza Ghalib
Suraiya
as Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum
Nigar Sultana
as Umrao Begum
Durga Khote
as Chaudhvin's mother (Amma)
Mukri
as Lala Mathuradas
Ulhas
as Kotwal Hashmat Khan
Iftekhar
as Bahadur Shah Zafar
Murad
as Mufti Sadruddin
Kumkum
as Courtesan
Roshan
as Roshan
Baij Sharma
as
Sohrab Modi
Producer
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Dialogue
Director
Saadat Hassan Manto
Original Story
Roshan Kumari
Choreographer
Rusi K. Banker
Art Direction
Ghulam Mohammed
Music
J.K. Nanda
Writer
V. Avadhoot
Director of Photography